A cold front set off some strong thunderstorms over parts of central Kentucky. The storms produced heavy rains, but did remain below severe limits.
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The episode as NWS LMK wrote it up.
A cold front set off some strong thunderstorms over parts of central Kentucky. The storms produced heavy rains, but did remain below severe limits. One old tree was blown on to a house by high winds.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 26, 1:53 PM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 253 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)... CURRENTLY...BAND OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS TO THE EAST HAVE ALLOWED INSTABILITY TO BE REALIZED AND AS A RESULT...SEVERAL STRONG STORMS HAVE POPPED UP. CURRENT ONE IS OVER NORTHERN NELSON AND SOUTHERN SPENCER COUNTY KY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY JUST NORTH OF HARRISON COUNTY KY. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...BAND OF PRECIP WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD EAST AND MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE. FOR TONIGHT...SHORT TERM SUITE OF NUMERICAL MODEL DATA ARE FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT. AS MENTIONED THIS MORNING...SUB-TROPICAL JET SPREADING ACROSS TX HAS PINCHED OFF THE NORTHWARD TROPICAL FETCH OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO. HOWEVER...COMBINATION OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE COUPLED WITH ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF H5 VORTS ACROSS EAST OK AND NORTHERN AR IS FORCING MORE CONVECTION. LMK HIGH REZ WRF AND NCEP OP NAM MODELS BRING THIS FEATURE NORTHEAST TONIGHT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. AS THIS OCCURS...SFC COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING IN TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER. SO BY THE LOOKS OF THAT...WE SHOULD HAVE A GOOD SHOT A PICKING UP SOME BENEFICIAL RAIN. EXPECT BULK OF PRECIP TO FALL BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE. AS FOR AMOUNTS...A GENERAL ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH AREA WIDE SEEMS REASONABLE...BUT SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR SO WILL BE POSSIBLE. LOWS TONIGHT ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 60S. FOR THURSDAY...SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE STATE. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS IN MOST AREAS...BUT SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH FROM NW TO SE BY AFTERNOON. MODEL TIME-HEIGHT PLOTS SUGGEST SOME PARTIAL CLEARING BY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...PAST OBS FROM TODAY BEHIND THE FRONT HAVE SHOWN A BIT OF LOW-LEVEL CLOUD COVER. SO THIS WILL BE SOMETHING TO EVALUATE IN LATER FORECASTS. GENERALLY USED A BLEND OF MODEL TEMPS FOR TOMORROW. HIGHS SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S. -MJ .LONG TERM (THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... A SHORT WAVE TROF EXITS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY REGION DURING THURSDAY NIGHT AS DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES...BOTH HIGHS AND LOW READINGS WILL STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL...BUT ONLY A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THE SEASONAL NORMALS FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. EXPECTED HIGHS ARE IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT A STRONGER AND EVEN NEGATIVELY TILTED TROF ROTATES EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS THE N CENTRAL U.S. MOISTURE APPEARS LIMITED WITH THIS SYSTEM ...SO ANY REAL PCPN THREAT WILL LIKELY BE TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF OUR REGION CLOSER TO THE BEST DYNAMICS...BUT THE INCREASED SOUTHWESTERLY SURFACE FLOW WILL RESULT IN HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. DURING THE LAST HALF ON THE EXTENDED PERIOD...A MAJOR TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE RETURN OF THE VERY PERSISTENT AND DRY RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN U.S. SO...THE SURFACE HIGHS THAT SLIPPED OFF TO OUR SOUTHEAST OVER THE WEEKEND WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO BE AT LEAST FEW DEGREES ABOVE THE SEASONAL NORMALS WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. --21 && .AVIATION (18Z TAFS)... AFTERNOON SATELLITE AND RADAR LOOPS SHOWING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FA...WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE EAST. RADAR SHOWING BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. AT THIS TIME...THE ACTIVITY WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE KSDF TERMINAL EARLY IN THE TAF PERIOD. MORE SCT ACTIVITY IS FORECAST FOR KBWG LATER THIS AFTERNOON. KLEX LOOKS TO REMAIN MOSTLY DRY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SCT CONVECTION BEGINS TO DEVELOP. SECONDARY VORT ACROSS EASTERN OK AND NW AR SWINGS NE SHOULD BRING MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN INTO THE REGION. MVFR AND VFR CONDITIONS ARE LOOKING MORE LIKELY DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING BY LATE MORNING THU. -MJ && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 356 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-270830- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY- TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY- CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 356 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AS A COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG THIS EVENING MAINLY IN AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO END FROM THE NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MJ/AB
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 236 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 KYZ038-261900- SPENCER- 236 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO IMPACT SPENCER COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR... AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAYLORSVILLE...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WAS JUST CROSSING OVER THE SPENCER AND NELSON COUNTY LINE. CONTINUOUS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... NEAR TAYLORSVILLE BY 245 PM EDT. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 72. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JARVIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 304 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 KYZ034-261930- SHELBY- 304 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY... AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF SHELBYVILLE...OR 31 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. CONTINUOUS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 35 AND 43. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JARVIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 326 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 KYZ035-262000- FRANKLIN- 326 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 ...STRONG STORM MOVING THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRANKFORT...OR 22 MILES WEST OF GEORGETOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. CONTINUOUS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JARVIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 329 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 KYZ055-056-067-262015- BOYLE-GARRARD-LINCOLN- 329 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 ...CLUSTER OF STORMS TO AFFECT BOYLE...GARRARD AND LINCOLN COUNTIES... AT 325 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DANVILLE...OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT EASTERN BOYLE...EXTREME NORTHERN LINCOLN AND THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF GARRARD COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANCASTER BY 350 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JARVIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 349 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 KYZ037-042-043-262015- BOURBON-HARRISON-NICHOLAS- 349 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... AT 346 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF CYNTHIANA TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEORGETOWN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MAINLY AFFECT SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY...NORTHERN BOURBON AND WESTERN NICHOLAS COUNTIES. CONTINUOUS DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS WILL BE... NEAR CYNTHIANA BY 405 PM EDT. 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARIS BY 415 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JARVIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 418 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 KYZ075>078-081-082-262045- ADAIR-CLINTON-CUMBERLAND-METCALFE-MONROE-RUSSELL- 318 PM CDT WED SEP 26 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT MONROE...METCALFE...CUMBERLAND...ADAIR...RUSSELL...AND CLINTON COUNTIES... AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF TOMPKINSVILLE...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF CELINA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE...SMALL PEA OR MARBLE SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 35 TO 40 MPH... ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR AMANDAVILLE BY 440 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. AML
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:20 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An old tree was blown on to a house.
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